Anyone seen a Wii

Justin and I had decided a couple weeks ago that we would get the kids one family gift this year. Are plan is to get them a Wii. One it looks like fun and two we have a game cube and all the games we have for that can be played on the Wii. Now what we should have done is bought what we saw when we made this decision but we didn't. So for the last two days I have been checking ebay and bidding on several but I am just not will to pay what some are asking for. A couple weeks ago the price wasn't too different than in the store. Now that there are none anywhere but ebay they are going for at least double the store price. I guess we'll see if this is what we actually get the kids now.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I just wanted to wish everyone out there a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone is getting to enjoy this day with friends and family. I will be spending it at Justin's families for the first half of the day and mine for the second. My goal is to not stuff myself today.

House For Sale well maybe Not

After much whinning and complaining from me we finally put our house up for sale at the end of August. At the beginning of the year I told Justin I wanted to move and this was going to be the year we did. I was tired of living with his brother and wanted our own place. We've been in our house for 4 1/2 years which is much longer than we've lived anywhere else in the 10 years we've been married. In the few months the house has been on the market we have shown it twice. I knew it would be hard to sell our house just because of how the housing market is right now. A couple of weeks after we put the house on the market and I finally started listening to what God was trying to tell me and not just making it what I wanted it to be, I started feeling like maybe we shouldn't be trying to sell our house right now. That maybe I was pushing what I wanted more than what was in God's plan. Also after looking at our budget we realized that right now we are in the best place for us. I know that I have complained about living with Justin's brother basically since we have started living together and I have finally grown up enough to stop complaining about it and start making the best of the situation. There was another time this summer when Abbie looked at me and said mommy you don't like uncle Jimmy very much do you and that really hit me. It hurt that my kids had heard so much of my complaining and thought that I didn't like Jimmy, that Abbie could see that and had picked up on it. I had to explain to her that I love uncle Jimmy but at times he gets on my nerves. She thought about that for a second and was ok with it. I knew then that I needed to get over myself and stop complaining all the time. In all honesty it wasn't as hard as I thought it would. I just stopped letting everything bug me. I have to say things are better in our house and we all get along. Jimmy didn't mind taking the house off the market either. He hadn't really looked at anything yet and again it is probably the best situation for him too.

5 Years Old

Today Kaleb turns 5. He has been so excited about turing 5 and being old like his dad. He thinks turning 5 means that all the things we said he was too young to do when he was 4 he is now allowed to do. Kaleb is very much a loving sweet soul who often asks, "who am I going to marry mom?" He loves to give hugs and cuddle, which would be easier if he wasn't so big. Kaleb has such big thoughts sometimes but can still be a little boy. This weekend he had his first basketball game. He was a little shy at first but by the end he was doing really well. He's playing in the Upward program that one of the Baptist churches in our area is part of. This is a great program if you want your kids in athletics but in a good teaching atmosphere. It is a Christian program and they do a devotion and prayer before each game. For Kaleb's age they don't keep score they are just teaching them the game. It is such a good thing for a child like Kaleb who has such a sensitive heart. That is one of the worries I have about him playing football. His dad and I have had a few talks about that, we'll see were we go with that.

Happy Birthday to my sweet boy!

changing

Back in February I said that I was joining Weight Watchers again and really trying to lose weight. Well it is just over 8 months later and I have lost 53.6 pounds. At this time I weigh less than I have in over 8 1/2 years. I have my good days and my bad but I have really changed a lot of what I eat but still enjoy some of my favorite foods but in moderation. I get up and exercise every morning at 5:00a.m. I feel great and have enjoyed going to my weight watchers meetings. I have met some great people and have reconnected with some old friends. It really is amazing who you will see at a weight watchers meeting. I love the lady who leads my meeting. She lost 140 pounds 11 years ago and has kept it off. She makes the meeting exciting and for someone who needed to loose 105 pounds to get into the right place for her BMI she is also an inspiration.

Justin and I recently went to a wedding of a friend who I grew up going to church with. I knew I was going to see some people I haven't seen in a long time. It was great to actually feel a little more confident in myself when I went.

So I still have a ways to go but I feel great and I have loved getting to buy new clothes. I loved the day that I went from shopping in the plus size section to the misses section. Like the night I went shopping for the dress I really dindn't wamt to go shopping. I had just had one of my teeth pulled and my mouth was a little sore. I had to shop though because there was no other time that week to go without three kids and how am I going to try things on with three kids around. I ended up having a great time buying 2 dresses and several shirts that I can wear to work. I have to say it helps me to keep working hard to get to my goal being able to see how much I have changed and how great I feel.

Trick or Treat

Last night I took the kids out trick or treating for the first time. Abbie and Kaleb had so much fun. Sophie did great sitting in her stroller and still asking for her candy. Justin had to work because for some reason Halloween is a very busy night in the pizza business. We live in a huge neighborhood. The front is townhouses and as you move back there are houses all over. we live on one of the newer streets and we are right up against another big neighborhood. The police actually check your i.d. if you come into the area from 5:30p.m. on. We really only covered 3 streets but the kids still made out candy wise. I sat a big bowl out on a chair for people to take a piece which I was surprised it actually lasted till 7:30. Overall I think it was a great night.